Search committee for UA VP Academic Affairs and Research announced
by Michelle Saport |
University of Alaska President Patrick Gamble has announced that the university will begin a national search for the next Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research.
Dr. Ashok K. Roy, Vice President for Finance & Administration, will chair the search committee as a non-voting member. The committee includes faculty representatives from the three universities.
In addition to Dr. Roy as chair, members of the search committee include:
Dr. Perry Barboza Professor, Institute of Arctic Biology
Dr. Talis Colberg Director, Matanuska-Susitna College
Dr. Abhijit Dandekar Chair, Petroleum Engineering
Dr. Mark Fitch Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Mark Herrmann Dean, School of Management
Dr. Larry Hinzman Director, International Arctic Research Institute
Dr. Diane Hirshberg Director of the Center for Alaska Education Policy Research; Professor of Education Policy
Dr. Eric Holmberg Chair, Chemistry Department
Dr. Rashmi Prasad Dean, College of Business and Public Policy
Dr. Fred Rainey Director of Biological Science
Dr. Karen R. Schmitt Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences; Vice Provost for Research & Sponsored Programs
Dr. Walter Skya Associate Professor of History; Director of Asian Studies
Lance (X'unei) A. Twitchell
Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages
Dr. Helena S. Wisniewski Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies; Dean of the Graduate School
Dr. Eran Hood Associate Professor of Environmental Science